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Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. — Noam Chomsky
The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers to an industry… — Fritz Machlup
The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars have… — Theda Skocpol
Failing to warn the citizens of a looming weapon of mass destruction- and that's what global warming is- in order to protect oil company profits,… — Bill Maher
The concentrating of powers in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be… — Thomas Jefferson
The mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as from 1933 onward, "political criminality" was given a much broader definition than ever before and more forms… — Unknown Author
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides. — John Henry Patterson
The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge. — Ambrose Bierce
We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is… — Hermann Bondi
Man is by definition the first and primary weed under whose influence all other weeds have evolved. — Unknown Author
We can in fact only define a weed, mutatis mutandis, in terms of the well-known definition of dirt - as matter out of place. What… — Unknown Author
Man is by definition the first and primary weed. Weeds are not the other. Weeds are us. — Michael Pollan
The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. — Michael Kinsley
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a capitalist is a… — Lewis H. Lapham
The simple sense of wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There are innumerable definitions of God because his manifestations are innumerable. — Mahatma Gandhi
History has shown that the greater power of the gun is its power to deter. Bear in mind that criminals, by definition, target only victims… — Massad Ayoob
My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to… — Louisa May Alcott
I cannot think of a better definition of Christianity than that: give, give, give. — Unknown Author
I do not want to presuppose anything as known. I see in my explanation in section 1 the definition of the concepts point, straight line… — David Hilbert
Healing requires far more of us than just the participation of our intellectual and even our emotional resources. And it certainly demands that we do… — Caroline Myss
The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison
Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a… — Alexander Hamilton
I am not concerned with dodging the odium of the word. The proposed definition of democracy is socialistic . . . (democracy) should be characterized… — Herbert Croly
Generosity is, by definition, disinterested. — Piero Ferrucci

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